Leave it to Vogue Italia to blend two things that don't go together (QVC and designer labels) into one hilarious (and dead-on) spoof editorial (and video).

Creating satirical, off-beat and controversial shoots is kind of Vogue Italia's thing, and while past editorials (ahem, Karlie) got everyone riled up for all the wrong reasons, this QVC-themed one will have everyone talking in a good way. The faux-presenters do an excellent job of imitating the show hosts' perma-smiles and we particularly like Michelle Harper's cameo. But what's the deal with the Smith Jerrod look-alike? Not that we're complaining...
According to the magazine's website the shoot is an "artistically ironic simulation of telesales programs, nowadays much in vogue in the United States." Okay. But if there's one thing you can count on from Vogue Italia, it's that they won't take themselves too seriously. "All prices, telephone numbers, deadlines, that is to say all the writings superimposed onto the images are invented and have no reference to reality," the magazine states on their website. "It is only a game."

Except we kind of wish it wasn't: We'd start tuning into QVC a whole lot more if they started carrying Chanel!

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You didn't think Franca Sozzani would just gloss over the growing controversy over Karlie Kloss' Steven Meisel-shot editorial, right? The always outspoken EIC of Vogue Italia has taken to her blog today to address what she's calling "The Truth About Karlie Kloss and Steven Meisel Photos."
She specifically talks about the photo--you know, the one that mysteriously disappeared from Vogue Italia's website, the one with Karlie's abs of steel contorted such that they caused an internet commotion last week, with many people calling either "anorexia" or "photoshop."
According to Sozzani, it was neither.

Slavery was one of the greatest perversions of human rights that has ever happened in modern history--and it continues to leave deep scars, even today. So, needless to say, using the term to describe a trend, or fashion accessory, is well, just plain wrong.
Unfortunately, that's exactly what has happened. Last night, Jezebel reported that Vogue Italia posted a feature entitled "Slave Earrings" on their website. The piece features a runway shot of a woman wearing oversized hoop earrings and suggested several earrings in the same style, describing them as classic "slave and creole styles."
Vogue Italia has already changed the features title to "Ethnic earrings," in a quick exercise in backpedalling. However, it's equally frightening that the high fashion magazine, would find the two words--slave and ethnic--interchangeable.

Last week, we wondered why Vogue Italia pulled a particular photo from Karlie Kloss' editorial, one where she happens to look especially contorted, from their website. Now we may have our answer: It's been popping up on pro-anorexia ("pro-ana") sites.
Fashionista commenter Tyler McCall called this disturbing development to our attention on the story, saying, "Personally, I really loved the editorial until I searched it on Tumblr and found it tagged all over "pro-ana" and "thinspiration" blogs, and then I was kind of disturbed."
Indeed, the editorial seems to be making the rounds on sites that encourage or promote eating disorders, including one site whose tagline read "all i need is self control // skinny girls, models, hip bones, collarbones, thin legs, flat stomachs," another called wannabe93 (whose name refers to her ideal body weight, in pounds) and still another, whose bio reads: "cutter with diagnosed depression and eating disorders (Both Ana & Mia)."
"These sites are very, very dangerous," says Lynn S. Grefe, MA, President and CEO of the National Eating Disorders Association.